Ah very nice sounds lovely!!
Hi guys!
Iām Mary and Iām a newbie 
Signed up for Monzo account yesterday and hopefully will get my card by tomorrow.
Last time I was this excited about receiving a bank card was when I sighed up for my first credit card and was under impression it was free money haha.
Very happy to become part of this community, was reading the forum all day today.
Couple of my friends have been telling me about monzo for a couple of years now and I feel quite embarrassed to have only joined now (probably should stop calling myself an early adopter)
I work as an Event Managers and live in London.
M
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Welcome Aboard!
Welcome @anon36372441 
Itās nice to see youāve finally joined 
What made you decide to finally sign up?
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Welcome @anon36372441!
Events management sounds funā¦ What type of events?
Thank you for a warm welcome guys!
@Slicknade corporate side mainly. Incentive trips and teambuilding for IT companies and retail folk. A lot of fun and equal amount of stress :))
@jwhiterz watched a couple youtube videos of Monzoās open office and thought these guys are definitely onto something! what about? I see youāve been with Monzo for some time!
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I originally joined as I wanted a travel card but then realized the many other benefits to Monzo and loved what they were doing and have done
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Hi guys,
My name is Kyle, Iām a Software Developer at a tech startup in Cardiff but I commute from near Swansea. I got my Monzo card this week, quite interested by the potential of the bank and the cool features that have already been implemented
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Hello!
My name is William and Iāve recently returned from living abroad in Japan for the past few years. My Monzo card was waiting for me when I got home and Iām very excited to finally use it.
The area of Japan Iāve lived in was very rural and thus cash was used for absolutely everything! It wasnāt unusual for me to be walking around with the equivalent of about Ā£700 in my pocket. You might also be interested to know that ATMs over there are only open from 8am - 8pm!
As you might imagine Iām very happy to be able to use a modern bank and all the super convenient features Monzo has to offer.
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welcome aboard @anon51870121 and @williamdyer
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Welcome! Whatās the reasoning for the cash machine operating times? Very interesting!
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Itās mostly a cost-cutting measure. There are many local banks in Japan most of which canāt afford to offer a 24/7 ATM service. Plus with the declining population there is little need to.
Itās frustrating to get used to at first since sometimes banks also shut down their banking network. Meaning if you go into a convenience store that has a universal ATM, you still might not be able to withdraw money as the bankās network might not be in operation.
Everyone just carries around large amounts of cash and since Japan has such a low crime rate itās not a dangerous thing to do.
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Hi
I love BPW. Iām up there at least once a month!
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Just wanted to say Hi.
My name is Michal, I have joined Monzo Bank customer family very recently. I have also decided to join the forum to get to know ins and outs of this interesting community and company itself.
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George here! Been happily using Monzo since last year for personal and freelance needs. Now Iāve gone limited very interested in learning about business account developments. I have started using Tide but feel un easy about it because Iāve been so happy with Monzo 
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Hi @anon45352272 welcome to 
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I believe Monzo have begun some research in to business account but itās very early days and nothing official has been said yet
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Where did you hear that Andy?
I thought it was a firm ānoā?
Oh really? There may have been a later post so apologies the latest I had found was
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Ahhhh yeah! Sorry, itās too early - I remember that.
I think it was more along the lines of āwe have no plans to do thisā - But that was a comment before the statement you posted!
I wonder how far along they are.
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Last I heard was itās maybe but they donāt want it to get in the way of getting current accounts to where they want them to be, theyāre undecided.
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